Charles Knight
Derby,KS
Summary
Senior management professional, bringing strategic leadership and operational excellence to drive organizational success. Skilled in project management, team collaboration, and process optimization with keen focus on achieving results. Adept at navigating complex challenges, fostering culture of accountability, and adapting to evolving business needs. Known for strong decision-making, effective communication, and building high-performing teams.
Overview
41
41
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager Global Parts, MDM, EPLM & Parts Books
AGCO Corporation
01.2023 - Current
- Lead a Global team of managers directing Master Data and Parts Book authoring across 22 locations worldwide
- Leading the aftersales organization to deliver full digital thread on engineering data and change management
- Supports the growth of electronic publishing and electronic viewer systems
- Being a key role as these systems integrates with E-Commerce Systems Globally
- Manage a staff of 15 salaried manager professionals to meet the changing needs or Customer Satisfaction
- Providing mentorship and training while driving ownership of the regional need and delivery of parts catalogs to support dealer’s needs
- Leading the Global EPLM (Engineering Product Lifecycle Management) project across all platforms and teams in AGCO Corporation to deliver a true Digital Thread for support products end of life. Utilizing Azure DevOps project management tools.
Manager NA/SA Parts Data & Parts Books
AGCO Corporation
01.2017 - 01.2023
- Lead a team of Master Data & Parts Catalog Analysts across multiple sites within North America & South America
- The Parts Catalog group develops and publishes electronic parts books and illustrations for all products designed in the North/South American regions
- The Manager of Parts Catalogs (Books) represents the America’s in the monitoring and enforcement of global standards, global design, global processes and global systems performance, which will result in accurate information presented in a consistent output to our dealers and our customers
- Supports the growth of electronic publishing and electronic viewer systems
- Being a key role as these systems integrates with E-Commerce Systems in the America’s and Globally
- Manage a staff of 26 salaried professionals across NA & SA to meet the changing needs or Customer Satisfaction
Parts Business Specialist – NPI for Aftersales organization
AGCO Corporation
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Oversee and lead the New Product Introductions (NPI) through a full project lifecycle
- Coordinate engineering and design changes across all North American Parts Divisions departments
- Coordinate the Parts Division activities involved in purchasing, pricing, and quality assurance
- Utilizing industry knowledge to communicate Service Level Agreements (SLA) breakdowns to the dealer network through in-depth data mining of engineering drawings and bill of materials to support the Aftersales team in meeting Dealer experience
SR Manufacturing Engineering Specialist
NORDAM Group
01.2008 - 01.2015
- Strategic implementation of Dassult Falcon Jet 7X interior program into NORDAM Wichita facility
- Assist in plant layouts, manpower utilizations, efficiencies, manufacturing support activities along with other engineering and planning support functions, indirectly supervise 2 ME's and 2 manufacturing planners to help attain a 24.18% GM on the first 2 S/S when we budgeted for losses
- Direct involvement with Embraer on (DFM) Design for Manufacturability on new Cabin management system on the Legacy 650 interior program
- Serve as a point of contact between engineering, material planning, supplier management, production planning and inventory management to ensure customer satisfaction and delivery commitments are met
- Regular programs contact with customers in regard to program and engineering status, primarily in support of procurement, manufacturing, quality control, logistics, along with program status reports
- Direct relationships with customer engineering & purchasing departments
- Drive drawing reviews and change board activities associated with Customer requirements on Cessna, Piaggio, Dassult, Embraer and Altitude interior programs
General Management and Ownership
MVP Technologies LLC.
01.2005 - 01.2008
- Company Overview: Core Products of high-end living quarters horse trailers & car haulers
- 11 employees, $1.5 million in annual sales
- Designing, manufacturing and selling product nationally and exporting into Canada
- Development and introduction of patented design of trailer manufacturing process to deploy an alternate line of high end product delivery
- Developed working relationships with an extremely high level of customer base where money is not an object to doing business, but rather the customer service virtue side of business
- Core Products of high-end living quarters horse trailers & car haulers
General Manager – Hillsboro Industries
Great Plains Ventures
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Implementation of lean process improvements, and product improvement changes through all Operative functions, complete re-engineering process that produced an increase of gross revenues by 37% in first 12 months
- 1 major new product introduction into a new marketplace that created additional revenue move of 18% sustained following new product solidification
- Complete review and reorganization of the sales department to deploy sales personnel into regional assignments that helped produce the above stated results
Manufacturing Engineer/ Program Manager - GPV
Great Plains Ventures
01.2000 - 01.2003
- Work as a change agent to help with strategic reengineering for subsidiary companies, in the area of Manufacturing operations improvements
- Manufacturing Consulting in companies outside GPV in areas of shop floor data collection, systems application, inventory management, purchasing operations & Mfg
- Process improvements
- Consulting with Krause Co
- On methods improvements along with manufacturing systems Improvements, a 2 + year project which netted Krause a $1.8 mil savings in the first full 12 months after project implementation
- Consulting with Webster Engineering on Manufacturing System improvements to help re-engineer the factory processes with Syteline ERP System enhancement in the procurement & manufacturing modules
- Complete project management of delivery and installation of sorting and conveyor system for Mattel Toy distribution system in Fort Worth, Texas
- The project was engagement for Electrical installation, Mechanical installation and system testing as well as the coordination of the equipment build with Uniflo Conveyor company
- A 4-month project values at $485,000
- Assisted in the closing of a manufacturing company to include completion and delivery of product on the sales books, disposal of equipment and furniture, and the marketing and sale of intellectual property
Manager Strategic Programs – Great Plains Industries
Great Plains Ventures
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Strategic Re-engineering: New product Implementation; Merger and acquisitions along with all capital projects
- Help shape the organizations vision and increase customer satisfaction and reduce variation in manufacturing environment
Manufacturing Manager - Great Plains Industries
Great Plains Ventures
01.1997 - 01.1999
- Implementation of Back flushing and Modularity programs in specific product lines along with a 28% reduction in through put of product to realize a $1.8 million reduction in inventory
- Project management of CNC equipment procurement for machine shop
- Full responsibility of the Acquisition/Installation/Implementation of equipment that provided a 2.4 year ROI on $650,000 capital expense
- Capital equipment justification, procurement and implementation of Plastic Injection molding
- Was able to bring this process in house and provide a 1.2 year ROI on 80% of plastic parts
- Using Lean and methods improvement techniques reduced product labor by 38% standard costs in the first 12 months
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Sharpline Converting, Inc.
01.1989 - 01.1997
- Capital equipment procurement of N.C
- Router to route ABS dash panels
- A 4 month ROI which led to Decreasing customers lead time on these particular parts from 11 weeks to 3 weeks and reducing from 3 to 1 vendor
- Capital equipment procurement and implementations Robotic Welding system, to set up automatic welding of aluminum components for back light signage system
- Worked extensively on lead-time reduction of planning process time from 11 to 4 days
- An Achievement in which benefits the company by being able to meet the customer's short lead-time requirements
- Business Process Development team member that was instrumental in implementing quality and Shipping goals and procedures that have placed Sharpline atop of the graphic suppliers in the world in 1996
- Chief administrator in Design review and Document Control of ISO 9001 certification
Supervisor Production Control & Industrial Engineer
Learjet Corporation
01.1987 - 01.1989
Industrial Engineer Methods Analyst
Boeing Military Airplane Company
01.1984 - 01.1987
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS05-1984
Skills
- Process Improvement
- Manufacturing Processes
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Workflow Design
- Project Coordination
- CAD Software
- Scheduling Techniques
- Collaborative mindset
- Equipment Design
Experienced world travel supporting project activities
Managing teams in Finland, Germany, France, Italy, China, Brazil, and USA required frequent travels to engineering and manufacturing locations for the last 12 years to support teams and project deliverables.
Timeline
Senior Manager Global Parts, MDM, EPLM & Parts Books
AGCO Corporation
01.2023 - Current
Manager NA/SA Parts Data & Parts Books
AGCO Corporation
01.2017 - 01.2023
Parts Business Specialist – NPI for Aftersales organization
AGCO Corporation
01.2015 - 01.2017
SR Manufacturing Engineering Specialist
NORDAM Group
01.2008 - 01.2015
General Management and Ownership
MVP Technologies LLC.
01.2005 - 01.2008
General Manager – Hillsboro Industries
Great Plains Ventures
01.2003 - 01.2005
Manufacturing Engineer/ Program Manager - GPV
Great Plains Ventures
01.2000 - 01.2003
Manager Strategic Programs – Great Plains Industries
Great Plains Ventures
01.1999 - 01.2000
Manufacturing Manager - Great Plains Industries
Great Plains Ventures
01.1997 - 01.1999
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Sharpline Converting, Inc.
01.1989 - 01.1997
Supervisor Production Control & Industrial Engineer
Learjet Corporation
01.1987 - 01.1989
Industrial Engineer Methods Analyst
Boeing Military Airplane Company
01.1984 - 01.1987
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Kansas State University
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